Comments on: How many Pierre Poutines are out there?http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/how-many-pierre-poutines-are-out-there/
Canada's national current affairs and news magazine since 1905Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:08:20 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.2By: Saskboy K.http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/how-many-pierre-poutines-are-out-there/#comment-1029019
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:59:00 +0000http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321698#comment-1029019It’s so maddening that Elections Canada and the RCMP are taking such an unenthusiastic view of punishing lawbreakers who compromised the integrity of a $.3B election process, and make the legitimacy of our government highly questionable. Terrorists strive to create this sort of level of disruption, often with less success!
]]>By: tobyornotobyhttp://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/how-many-pierre-poutines-are-out-there/#comment-1029017
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:32:00 +0000http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321698#comment-1029017Here’s the sweetspot in the story:

“On Aug. 7 and Aug. 30, he contacted Conservative party lawyer Arthur Hamilton to discuss “the issue of whether the Conservative party or its candidate … made such calls.” Hamilton agreed to put forward a request for information to party officials, Dickson said.
On Oct. 30, almost 90 days after first being contacted, Hamilton advised Dickson that he would soon be able to set up meetings.”
This is what the Conservative Party of Canada calls “cooperating fully with the investigation.”

]]>By: Hester Eastmanhttp://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/how-many-pierre-poutines-are-out-there/#comment-1029015
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:18:00 +0000http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321698#comment-10290152011 election will live in infamy here in Guelph – people still chuntering about it at dinner parties we attend. I was talking to marijuana party candidate at zeds dead on halloween and he was telling me about his court case against Frank Valeriote. Guelphites will be telling their grand children about PP and other antics of 2011 election.

In a Toronto courtroom Monday, Klevering, who is representing himself, took exception to a submission from MP Frank Valeriote’s lawyer that the results should stand because there is no evidence fraudulent robocalls affected the outcome.

“Is the respondent suggesting it’s OK for massive fraud to take place as long as there’s a clear winner?” Klevering asked in Federal Court. “That’s the kind of thing you see in dictatorships, for God’s sakes.”